Government Agencies Emergency Numbers
Here are the contact numbers of government agencies that can be contacted in case of emergency such as calamity and disasters.
Nowadays, natural calamities and disasters are very often due to the climate change and other environmental problems.
The Philippine government created different sectors that could help and assist the public in different emergency situations.
The local officials and authorities have also advised the public to keep the contact information of government agencies tasked to respond in case of emergency.
Here are the contact details of various government agencies:
PAGASA
- Central Office: (02) 434-2696
- Weather division (02) 922-1996, (02) 927-1541
- Facebook: facebook.com/PAGASA.DOST.GOV.PH
- Twitter: @dost_pagasa
PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD
- Hotline (02) 527-3877, (02) 527-8482 to 89, (02) 527-3880 to 85, (02) 527-8482 local 6291
- Text Hotline: (0917) 724-3682 (0917-PCGDOTC)
- Facebook: facebook.com/philcoastguardofficialpage/
- Twitter: @PhilCoastGuard1
METROPOLITAN MANILA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
- Hotline: 136, (02) 882-4151 to 77
- Viber: (0939) 922-7161
- Facebook: facebook.com/MMDAPH
- Twitter: @MMDA
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT
- Trunkline: (02) 931-8101
- Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center: (02) 951-7119, (02) 931-8101 to 07 locals 506 & 507
- Facebook: facebook.com/dswdserves/
- Twitter: @dswdserves
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE
- Hotline: 117, 911, (02) 723-0401 (Trunkline)
- Text Hotline: PNP (space) (message) to 2920, BATO (space) (message) to 744-42286 (Smart, TNT, Sun) or 2286 (Globe, TM)
- Facebook: facebook.com/pnp.pio
- Twitter: @pnppio
PHILIPPINE RED CROSS
- Hotline: 143, (02) 790-2300 (Trunkline)
- Facebook: facebook.com’phredcross
- Twitter: @philredcross
NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
- Trunkline (02) 911-5061 to 65 loc. 100
- Operations Center (02) 911-1406, (02) 912-2665, (02) 912-5668, (02) 912-0441
- Facebook: facebook.com/NDRRMC
- Twitter: NDRRMC_OpCen
BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION
- Direct Line: (02) 426-0219, (02) 426-3812, (02) 426-0246
- Facebook: facebook.com’BFPNHQPIS
- Twitter: @bfpnhq_pis
What can you say about this? Just feel free to leave your comments and reactions to this article.